CHR 516473 – Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516473
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 June 1998
Database record updated:
22 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-02 (Verbatim: 2 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Portulacaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Nikaupara
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Nikaupara
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4773/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated in small bed by house, coral soil.
Notes:
Succulent-stemmed herb with erect pinkish stems. Leaves herbaceous. Fruit c. 3 mm diameter, globular, none completely mature. The "Ma'uke miracle" plant. Cultivated for its use in oil for medicine.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
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